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White Spruce Tips - Picea glauca
Spruce tips are the new growth put forth by spruce trees in spring.
This species also has the common name 'skunk spruce', which refers to the fact that the needles smell like skunk when crushed! Despite this, they are very yummy - they have an astringent citrus/pine flavor that can be good to flavor syrups and other foods or eaten raw. Although, the flavor is different between trees and species of spruce and some can be super repugnant.
You should never harvest too many (not more than 10-20%) and never from young trees. It doesn't take many to add flavor to whatever you are cooking because the tips can be really strong. Less is better.
Habitat: Spruce meadow
''Picea glauca'', the white spruce, is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in North America. ''Picea glauca'' was originally native from central Alaska all through the east, across southern/central Canada to the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland.
